Non-Fiction - writing about real people, events and ideas.

Biographies, Autobiographies, Letters,Journals, Textbooks, Newspapers, Speeches, Essays, news and magazine articles,

Essay - a shor piece of non-fiction in which the writer expresses a personal view on a topic.

Narrative - tells a story based on real life.

Biography, Autobiography, memoirs
Has setting, character, theme, plot and conflict
Written in either chronological order or as a flashback

Narrative Essay-

tells a true story either in first or third person

Informative Non-Fiction - Purpose to explain a topic or promotes an opinion

News and magzine articles, textbooks, letters, essays

Expository Essays

- Offers information about a topic, for example, it explains a process, comments on an event, or a review of a theatrical or musical production.

Persuasive Essay

- advances an opinion or position
Describes a situation and then provides readers for believing or acting a certain way.

Author's Attitude - The way the author feels about their subject
The Wash Woman by Issac ASinger - Narrative essay p 568

Reflective Essay

-author shares his or her thoughts about an idea or a personal experience
a short non-fiction work in which a writer reflects on his or her feelings about a topic of personal
importance
To bear witness- To see something and tell it to others
9 th Grade A Celebration of Grandfathers Rudolpho Anaya p 576


10th Grade Page 582 The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday
From Nobel Lecture Alexander Solzheitsyn P 587
Keep Memory Alive Elie Wiesel P 591